Insole for welt shoes



' March 17, 1925.

P. J. BYRNE INSOLE FOR WELT SHOES Filed March 20, 1924 ATTORN E Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATRICK J. BYRNE, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

INSOLE non WELT sr roEs.

Application filed March 20, 1924. Serial No. 700,596.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, PATRICK J. BYRNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insoles for Welt Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a new form of insole for welt shoes, one that does not have to be inseamed.

Another obj cct of this invention is to build up the insole from two layers of thin leather that are suitably sewed together with the foot portion of one of the layers overhanging the edge of the other layer to provide means whereby it can be fastened to the welt of the shoe.

These and other objects of this invention will befully illustrated in the drawing, de-

scribed in the specification and pointed out in the claims at the end thereof.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the insole forming the subject matter of this invention.

Figure 2 is a cross section of this insole the section being taken on the line 2"2 of Figure 1. 4

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the finished upper of a shoe with the welt attached thereto and ready to have the insole attached thereto.

Figure 4 is a sectional view oi the upper of the shoe illustrated in Figure 3, the section being taken on the line 4"--4 of Fig ure 3.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the upper of a shoe and its'welt with the insole tem-v welt, insole and filler as illustrated inFigure.

7, the section being taken on the line- 8"8 of Figure 7. c

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the finished shoe.

Figure 10 is a sectional view of the finished shoe, the section being taken on the line -10"10" of Figure ,9. I

In the several figures of the drawing like ference numerals indicate like parts.

,The insole forming the subject matter of my present invention makes possible a new and improved method of making welt shoes by means of which better and cheaper shoes can be made than is possible with the pres ent method of making .welt shoes. This is largely due to the fact that my improved insole is made up in two layers of thin flexible leather instead of the heavy single layer insole heretofore used thatmust be channeled for the purpose of making the inseam of the so-called Goodyear welt. My improved insole made :up in two "thin layers is attached to'theupper of theshoe without it being necessary to inseam the upper to the insole.

As illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawing the insole comprises the top and bottom layers 1 and 2 both made up of thin flexible leather. The foot or front portion of the bottom layer 2 is made larger thanthe top layer, and in making up the insole the bottom overhangs the perimeter. of the foot or front portion of the top layer. The top and bottom layersare sewed together by the seam 3 as illustrated in full lines in Figure 1, and is then folded over the bottom of the insole to which it is temporarily cemented, as illustrated in'dotted lines in Figure 2. In this form the insole is ready to be attached to the finished upper 4 and thewwelt 5 provided thereon, as illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawing. This is done by slipping the outer edge of the built up insole between the last 6 that is placed into the upper 4 and the outer edge of the upper 4 and tacking the insole to the last, I

upper and welt by means of the anchor tacks 7, 7. When this is done and the insole is properly arranged and temporarily tacked to the upper and last, the inwardly folded overhanging portion of the insole is lifted and cemented overthe underside of the welt 5 after the tacks 7, 7 have been.

the welt is then filled by a suitable bot-tom.

filler 8. A shoe made up to this point appears as illustrated in Figures 7 and 8 and is ready to have the sole 9 sewed thereto. This is done by placing the sole over the bottom of the welt and the filled in insole within the welt and then sewing the edge of the sole 9 to the welt 5 Within the edge of the overhanging portion of the insole located between them. This completes the shoe except for the trimming of the sole and welt and fastens the sole, insole, welt, and upper together Without other fastening means being necessary to fasten the insole to the upper by an inseam.

I claim:

1. An insole comprising a top and bottom layer of thin flexible material, a seam fastening said layers together, the foot portion of said bottom layer overhanging the periphery of the foot portion of said top layer, said overhanging portion of said bottom layer being adapted to be placed against the under side of the welt of a shoe with the edge of the top layer located within the upper of the shoe above the welt of the shoe, the edge of the top layer and the edge of the bottom layer of saidvinsole being adapted to embrace the upper and the welt distance from the peri hery of said top layer, the foot portion of said bottom layer being larger than the foot portion of said top layer so as to overhang the foot portion of said top layer, said overhanging portion of said bottom layer being bent down and folded over the under side of said bottom layer along the seam fastening said layers together, and providing means whereby said insole can be sewed to the welt of the shoe.

3, An insole comprising a top and bottom layer of thin flexible material, a seam fastening said layers together at a uniform distance from the periphery of said top layer, the foot portion of said bottom layer having an overhanging flange provided thereon to engage the under side of the welt and shoe and having the outer sole and welt sewed to said flange to hold said insole in place in the shoe.

4. The method of making shoes Which comprises forming the upper with a welt,

providing a double layer insole suitably fastened together near the periphery thereof and placing the free edge of the top layer within the upper of the shoe and the outer edge of the bottom layer below the welt of the shoe and sewing an outer sole simultaneously to the outer edge of the bottom layer of the insole and the welt of the shoe.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

PATRICK J. BYRNE. 

